Poetry Terms

1.  _____rhyme                                 a.  comparison of unlike things without using like or as

2.  _____personification                    b.  description that appeals to one of the five senses

3.  _____alliteration                          c.  almost rhymes

4.  _____simile                                  d.  poetic form from Japanese culture

5.  _____metaphor                            e.  funny poem containing five lines

6.  _____imagery                              f.  repetition of beginning consonants

7.  _____narrative                            g.  the same vowel sound but different ending consonants

8.  _____free verse                          h.  different vowel sounds, but one or more of the same consonant

9.  _____lyric                                   i.  repetition of similar ending sounds

10. _____assonance                          j.  placement of poem’s words so that it makes a picture

11.  _____consonance                       k.  poem that has rhyme

12. _____haiku                                  l.   rhyme within the lines

13. _____internal rhyme                    m.  comparison of unlike things using the words like or as

14. _____limerick                              n.  poem with no rhyme

15. _____shape poetry                      o.  poem that tells a story with plot, settings, and characters

16.  ____approximate rhyme              p.  applying human qualities to non-human things